WordPress.com lets you post by email

May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Still on the WordPress.com front, there’s a new feature called Post by Email, which does just what it says: it lets you create and publish new posts straight from your email account.

All you have to do is check out the secret email address assigned to you under My Blogs, then send your blog post to it, and watch it show up on your blog. Formatted text and attached images are all detected. In fact, if you upload multiple images, a gallery is created for them!

If this hasn’t whetted your appetite, here’s a quick run-down of Post by Email features:

Transcoding of any video files supported by the WordPress video player (mp4, mov, wmv, avi, mpg, and m4v).

Automatic removal of standard signature blocks, with support for manual removal of other signatures.

Add your email addresses directly into your address book using downloadable vCards. (You don’t even need to remember the address!)

Automatic notification of a published email post.

Conversion of YouTube URLs into embedded videos.

Also check out the Post by Email support page for advanced features like shortcodes you can use in your email.

I can’t wait to see all of these features on self-hosted WordPress.org blogs. Although blogging by email is already supported, it’s not quite as streamlined as this.